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WorksheetsGeologic Features
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 13mins
A series of (a) islands in a curved formation typically found near ocean trenches are called island arcs.
Island arcs are created at which type of boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Underwater mountain ranges are created when the seafloor spreads apart and (a) rock rises.
Mid-ocean ridges, like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, are created at which type of boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
A region where (a) plate boundaries meet creating a "Y" shape is called a triple junction.
The San Andreas is an example of a (a) , which is a gap that is formed when two plates slide past one another.
Faults are created at which type of boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What are the two plates that slide past each other to create the San Andreas Fault?
North American
South American
Eurasian
Pacific
Long, narrow depressions in the ocean floor that occur when a (a) dense tectonic plate bends downward creating a "V" shape.
The Peru-Chile Trench was created at what type of plate boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
The Ring of Fire is a volcanic arc, which is a chain of volcanoes formed above a (a) plate.
Volcanic arcs are created at which type of plate boundary?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Plates are moving _____ each other at a convergent boundary.
away
towards
past
Plates are moving _____ from each other at a divergent boundary.
away
towards
past
Plates are moving _____ each other at a transform boundary.
away
towards
past
How many tectonic plates exist?
(a)
What is the highest point on Earth?
Mount Makalu
Mount Lhotse
Mount Everest
Appalachian Mountains
What is the deepest trench on Earth?
Tonga Trench
Mariana Trench
Philippine Trench
